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But it’s not the defence threatening to keep Roop Chanderdat up at night.

“I’m not worried about it at all,” the local Intercounty Baseball League team co-owner and manager said. “It was the same with (the Red Sox). You got the ball down on the ground in that infield, it got pretty wet. The ball was a little wet and we had a few miscues between second and first.”

The offence isn’t a headache, either.

Chris Dennis, the former Milwaukee farmhand back in the London lineup for the first time in seven years, already has four home runs and 15 runs batted in. Now, centre fielder Ryan LaPensee, who hit .429 last year, has returned to the fold.

The Majors rallied from 5-1 down to beat the Red Sox 10-7.

“We fought back and this team has shown a lot of that,” Chanderdat said. “That says a lot about our offence, even though the record (7-5 so far) may not show it. Then, you get the IBL batting champ back, that’s pretty big.

“We’ve lost some close games, but we’re not panicking. We haven’t had our full team and we should start seeing that in the next few weeks.”

Stymied by a visa crackdown, Chanderdat is counting on a couple of foreign pitchers — 30-year-old former Cuban defector Deinys Suarez and 29-year-old Dominican Wander Perez to stabilize his starting rotation.

The Majors have struck out 73 batters this season, but they’ve also issued 71 walks.

“I had to turn to guys that already have their American green card or residency status to fill the import spots,” Chanderdat said. “I’m hoping we can lengthen them out a bit and get them starting for us. We expect them to come in here and do well right away.

“They’ll rely on my coaching staff and the catcher (Derrik Strzalkowski) to get to know the hitters in this league.”

Suarez, from Havana, is a right-hander who pitched in the Minnesota Twins system and was part of Cuba’s 2006 World Baseball Classic roster. Perez, a lefty, spent six years with the White Sox.

“We’re hoping they’ll push us over the hump,” Chanderdat said. “We’ve been trying to buy some time until we got some pitching help. Our bullpen is very deep and that was something I wanted to address in the off-season.

The Majors, heading into Thursday’s action, were the only team to beat first-place Barrie, 12-1 in the back end of a doubleheader.

They recorded that win over Brantford, six-time defending league champs, that Chanderdat says are just off to a slow start.

“They still have a good roster,” he said. “They know they can win it from any playoff position. We’re in third right now and with these games coming up, this is a big weekend for us to start moving up the standings.”